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Time And LaborApplication · Oracle

CVE-2021-2415

HIGH · 8.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2021-07-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 12.2.10 or later.
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87/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Vulnerability in the Oracle Time and Labor product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Timecard). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Time and Labor. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Time and Labor accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Time and Labor accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

HTTP-based vulnerability in Oracle Time and Labor's Timecard component allows low-privileged authenticated attackers with network access to create, delete, or modify critical data, as well as access all accessible data in the Oracle Time and Labor module. The CVSS vector indicates exploitation requires no user interaction and has high confidentiality and integrity impacts.

MitigationApply Oracle's July 2021 Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Oracle E-Business Suite to address this vulnerability. Until patched, restrict network access to the Time and Labor application to trusted users and monitor for unauthorized data access or modification events.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Time And LaborApplication
Affected:>= 12.1.1, <= 12.1.3>= 12.2.3, <= 12.2.10

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Verify Oracle Time and Labor module is installed
    Query the Oracle E-Business Suite application registry: SELECT product_version FROM apps.fnd_product_installations WHERE product_code = 'TL';
    Affected if The query returns results showing Oracle Time and Labor is installed in the environment
  2. Determine the installed Oracle E-Business Suite version
    Run: SELECT release_name FROM apps.fnd_product_groups; or check the ORA_POST_CLONE version file in $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.2/ or equivalent
    Affected if The version falls within 12.1.1 to 12.1.3 OR 12.2.3 to 12.2.10
  3. Confirm Time and Labor component is enabled and accessible
    Check the Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) or icx_launcher URLs for Time and Labor: access /OA_HTML/TimecardHome or /OA_HTML/ICX_TIMECARD, or query: SELECT enabled_flag FROM apps.fnd_mo_product_init WHERE product_code = 'TL';
    Affected if The Time and Labor module shows as enabled and the Timecard web interface is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS
  4. Check network accessibility to Time and Labor endpoints
    Review Oracle E-Business Suite listener configuration (葓 to confirm which interfaces the JSP/HTML services bind to, and verify firewall or Oracle Access Manager (OAM) policies restricting access to /OA_HTML/* Time and Labor URLs
    Affected if The Time and Labor HTTP endpoints are reachable from untrusted networks without proper authentication gates

A user is affected if they have Oracle Time and Labor installed with a version between 12.1.1-12.1.3 or 12.2.3-12.2.10 AND the Timecard component is enabled and accessible over HTTP to low-privileged users on untrusted networks.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 12.2.10
Interim mitigation

Apply Oracle's July 2021 Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Oracle E-Business Suite to address this vulnerability. Until patched, restrict network access to the Time and Labor application to trusted users and monitor for unauthorized data access or modification events.

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